Engendering Violence in Papua New Guinea

by Carolyn Brewer, Christine Stewart, Margaret Jolly

This collection builds on previous works on gender violence in the Pacific, but goes beyond some previous approaches to 'domestic violence' or 'violence against women' in analysing the dynamic processes of 'engendering' violence in PNG. 'Engendering' refers not just to the sex of individual actors, but to gender as a crucial relation in collective life and the massive social transformations ongoing in PNG: conversion to Christianity, the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921862858
• ISBN13: 9781921862854
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"